Fruit Sorbet for Kids
by Christine Steendahl

Description: Easy recipes to make homemade sorbet that your kids will love.

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Looking for suggestions for your kids and your whole family to eat healthier foods but you are not quite sure where to begin? You can always begin with healthy kids snacks that will please your kids and your whole family.

A lot of people have the misconception that healthy foods are flavorless. Some people believe that if it is organic and in the specialty aisle of the supermarket that the product is expensive. Nothing could be farther away from the truth.

Children like ice cream but fruit sorbet is a better option for them. Fruit sorbet is delicious and full of flavor. You can prepare a delicious sorbet sundae as a healthy and satisfying healthy kids' treat.

Don't be surprised if the whole family begins scooping and topping the sorbet as quickly as the kids.

Sorbet captures the essence of summer fruits and is basically fat-free. Best of all this tasty dessert is easy to prepare. Sorbet contains no milk. Ice cream has air whipped into it, sorbet has almost none, which makes sorbet a dense and incredibly yummy product.

You can add any type of berries to a sorbet recipe. Raspberries and strawberries make a delicious and healthy sorbet. Fruit Sorbet is loaded with vitamins and fiber as well as a lovely sweet taste. When you tire of eating fresh fruit, enjoy some of these healthy recipes. Many of the recipes work well with frozen berries too. Sorbet is an awesome way of adding a touch of summer to the winter months.

Raspberry Sorbet

Ingredients:

*2/3 cup of superfine sugar
*1 cup of water
*Purée 23 oz. raspberries with 1/4 cup lime juice

Instructions:

1) Combine sugar and water in a medium sized saucepan.

2) Stir slowly over low heat until sugar is dissolved.

3) Bring mixture to a boil.

4) Boil for 1 minute.

5) Remove from heat and cool completely.

Make the fruit purée in a food processor or blender. Add the raspberry purée to the cooled sugar syrup and stir to combine.

Place the purée/sugar mixture into an ice-cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.

If you don't have an ice cream maker, here is an alternative way to freeze the sorbet. Place the purée/sugar syrup in a metal bowl or cake pan and freeze for 1 hour. Remove from freezer and beat with an electric mixer or whisk; return to the freezer. Repeat at hourly intervals 3 more times.

Fruit Sorbet Dessert for Kids

Ingredients:

2 pints of sorbet of your choice
2 ripe bananas, sliced
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 pint strawberries sliced
1 package wafer cookies

1) Set out ice cream cups.

2) Toss the sliced bananas in lemon juice to keep them from getting brown.

3) Set each topping in a separate bowl.

4) Let the kids choose and mix their sundaes.

Add real whipped cream for added fun.

This healthy treat for kids does contain sugar but the sugar can be reduced depending on the fruit's sugar content. This is a healthy way to enjoy fruit and a awesome way to introduce the taste buds to a healthy satisfying treat.

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